CVE-2016-8585
admin_sys_time.cgi in Trend Micro Threat Discovery Appliance 2.6.1062r1 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code as the root user via shell metacharacters in the timezone parameter.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (7.20%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
admin_sys_time.cgi in Trend Micro Threat Discovery Appliance 2.6.1062r1 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code as the root user via shell metacharacters in the timezone parameter.
- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 7.20% probability · 94th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- trendmicro/threat discovery appliance
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS moved from 6.0% on 21 September 2026 to 7.2% on 27 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/142223/Trend-Micro-Threat-Discovery-Appliance-2.6.1062r1-admin_sys_time.cgi-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/142224/Trend-Micro-Threat-Discovery-Appliance-2.6.1062r1-admin_sys_time.cgi-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98342
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/142223/Trend-Micro-Threat-Discovery-Appliance-2.6.1062r1-admin_sys_time.cgi-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/142224/Trend-Micro-Threat-Discovery-Appliance-2.6.1062r1-admin_sys_time.cgi-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98342
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.